NASCAR and Goodyear baffled by Bristol tire wear issuesAlthough Goodyear brought the same tire combination as was used in last September’s race at the track, it became clear early in the race the tire fall-off was laying no rubber on the track, which resulted in unusually excessive tire Read More
Kyle Larson would prefer "never to run a race like that again"In fact, when the race concluded, Larson wasn’t exactly sure how he escaped with a fifth-place finish, let alone being one of the five drivers who managed to finish the race on the lead lap.“I think it was all accidental,” Larson Read More
Ducati announces Aldeguer signing for 2025, but not where he will raceFirst reported by Motorsport.com last month, Ducati has agreed terms with Aldeguer to ride factory machinery from next year.However, while expected to be with Pramac, the official release from Ducati does not explicitly state what team the 18-year-old will be Read More
Albon: Williams “can’t access” full potential of 2024 F1 carAlbon’s Bahrain GP was compromised by overheating issues on his way to an unrepresentative 15th, while in Saudi Arabia he just missed out on the points by finishing 11th.Despite being beaten in Jeddah only by the nine surviving cars from Read More
WRC and Dakar winner Kenjiro Shinozuka dies aged 75Shinozuka shot to fame by becoming the first Japanese driver to claim outright victories in both the WRC and the gruelling Dakar Rally.Born in Tokyo, Shinozuka's greatest success came as a factory Mitsubishi driver. In 1988, he claimed the inaugural Read More
Alpine: "Shock" of having slowest F1 car triggered tech revampAlpine was already braced for a low-key start to the season after a late concept change, which meant it had initially made a sideways step over the winter while its rival teams were full steam ahead with bringing improvements to Read More
Aston reserve Drugovich to make race return in European Le Mans SeriesThe Brazilian-Italian, who has not competed since the conclusion of his title-winning season in the 2022 Formula 2 Championship, will contest the full six-round ELMS in the British team’s LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07. Drugovich will share the car with Stephane Richelmi and Read More
BMW 'looking closely' at a future MotoGP entryBMW is arguably the most renowned manufacturer to not have fielded a factory team in MotoGP, having previously felt it was not the right platform to market its products.But with Flasch taking over from Markus Schramm as the new CEO Read More
Vowles: Current F1 regulations not a failure despite dirty air issueThe current aero package, introduced in 2022, was intended to make it easier to follow and hence overtake than under the previous regulations.That initially proved to be the case but in the third year of car development drivers are reporting Read More
Red Bull says RB20 F1 design was “last big roll of the dice”The Milton Keynes-based team surprised rivals this year when, rather than going for a simple evolution of its dominant RB19 2023 challenger, it undertook a pretty aggressive overhaul.That work appears to have paid off, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez Read More
NLS-NES row intensifies as ADAC, NR Holding get officially involvedThe complex power struggle between ADAC, organiser of more than 80 per cent of racing events at the Eifel venue, and Nurburgring owner NR Holding is set to be fought on the battlefield of endurance racing.NR Holding, a company owned Read More
Keselowski: "There was a lot of discipline required" due to tire wearFor Keselowski, the only negative lasting effect from the race – which was unexpectedly dominated by tire wear and tire management strategy – was smoldering remains of tire burning on his No. 6 Ford when the race ended.Like many, Keselowski was Read More
Truex "gave it a hell of an effort" in Bristol loss to HamlinMost drivers navigated the same issue throughout Sunday’s race, but the difference was Truex was in the best position to catch Hamlin for the win. And it was close – so close.Following an uncharacteristic round of green flag pit stops on Read More
Hamlin wins wild Bristol Cup race dominated by tire wear Hamlin, who won last fall’s Bristol Night Race, found himself in a much different scenario in Sunday’s race, which was the first spring Bristol event held on the asphalt since 2020. The race has been run on dirt for the Read More
Wolff doesn't want to fall into Horner "trap" over Red Bull F1 dominanceRed Bull’s current advantage with its RB20 has opened up the prospect of it already looking certain to win the world championships this year, and potentially lock out every race victory.Off the back of a similarly dominant 2023 campaign, this Read More
Bastianini says KTM "really close" to Ducati in MotoGP this yearThe upgraded Ducati GP24 appeared to be head-and-shoulders clear of the competition in pre-season testing last month, as reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia set record-breaking pace at both Sepang and Losail circuits.While there was no stopping Ducati in the opening grand Read More
Every teenager to have started an F1 grand prix Oliver Bearman became one of the youngest drivers to start an F1 race when he made his debut at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The 18-year-old stepped in for Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz as he withdrew from the race weekend due Read More
Dennis: "Win was there" in Sao Paulo Formula E raceThe Andretti driver had climbed from 10th on the grid to challenge for victory and led at several points during the 34-lap contest in Brazil on Saturday.The Briton found himself back in third after taking both Attack Mode activations, admitting Read More
FIA evaluating Horner complaint as matter set for appealWhile an eight-week long investigation into the matter regarding Horner’s behaviour with a female employee having concluded that there were no grounds to take action, the matter looks far from over.Multiple media reports have indicated that the female employee, who Read More
Why Acosta's MotoGP debut outshone Marquez's a decade earlier“Unbelievable” was how one commentator described Pedro Acosta’s early rise up to fourth in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix last weekend. But, in truth, it was anything but.After all, this is a rider who at the very same Losail venue Read More
Fourmaux: Adjusting to hybrid-less WRC cars will be a “challenge”The FIA announced last month that the WRC would drop hybrid power from its Rally1 class three years after its introduction in 2022.The change is part of the FIA’s roadmap for the future of top-level rallying, which will also see Read More
Which F1 team has improved the most in 2024?Under stable regulations, the new season is bearing an awful lot of similarities to how 2023 finished. Behind the sovereign Red Bull, Ferrari appears second-quickest, retaining its qualifying pace but adding a huge step in race performance to leap clear Read More
Eckes holds off Busch to win NASCAR Truck race at BristolBusch and Eckes dominated the race, leading a combined 249 of the 250 laps, but Eckes got a good jump on the field on a restart with 24 laps remaining.While Eckes built his lead to more than a second, Busch was Read More